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J. H. MOORE.

HINGE.

No. 473,012. Patented Apr. 19, 1892.

WWI I 1, W W I v I T I 1 I I W I m e I A I H 1' I I I lu W m IF M W l wW 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. MOORE, OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO THE NASHUA LOOKAND HARDWARE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,012, dated April19, 1892.

' Application filed January 15, 1891. Serial No. 377.832. (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. MOORE, of Nashua, in the county ofHillsborough and Stateof New Hampshire,haveinventedeertain new anduseful Improvementsin WVrought or Malleable Hinges or Butts, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to hinges generally, and more particularly to theclass of hinges commonly called butts and employed for hanging doors andsimilar contrivances.

The invention has for its object the provision of such improvements aswill materially enhance the durability of the hinge or butt, and tocheapen the cost thereof.

The invention consists of a hinge or butt composed of two leaves, eachof which is composed of a sheet of metal bent at its central line toform an eye or loop, the edges of said sheet being flush with eachother, bushings held in the eyes or loops of said leaves, and a pintleuniting the eyes or loops of the two leaves.

The invention will first be described in connection with the annexeddrawings and letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is aplan or face view of my improvedhinge or butt opened out. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is also a sectional view-taken on the line 3 3 ofFig.1. Fig.4 is a View of the blank from which the leaf represented onthe right hand in Fig.1 is formed. Fig. 5 is a view similar to thatshown in Fig. 4, out of which the leaf shown at the left hand in Fig. 1may be formed.

In carrying out my invention I form the blanks for the two leaves a b ofthe hinge or butt from suitable sheet metal, as shown in Figs. l and 5,in which Fig. 4 represents the blank from which the leaf bof the hingemay be formed, and Fig. 5 represents a blank suitable for forming theleaf 0. With blanks constructed as shown and described the same may bedoubled along a central line, so as to form loops 0 of the part a, beingso formed that the loops of the part or leaf 1) may be brought into lineor register therewith, so as to receive the pintle d of the hinge. Indoubling the blanks, as before described, the leaves a b will becomposed of doubled parts,

as is clearly represented in Figs. 2 and 3, through which from side toside may be formed holes e for the reception of screws for securing theleaves to the parts to be hingedly connected. By bending the blanksalong their central line leaves are formed, the edges of which are flushwith each other, thus giving to the said leaves the utmost strength andneatness of appearance.

In the bite or loop 0, forming the knuckle of the leaves (1 12,1 inserta bushing f of steel or other highwear-resisting material, so as to forma round, smooth, and durable bearing for the pintle d. The bushingsf,being of substantially uniform diameter throughout their length, areadapted to be removed from the eyes or loops of the leaves when worn.These features of the invention, as also the feature of forming theleaves throughout their extent of doubled portions of sheet metal,constitutes my improvement, as in other particulars the hinge may be ofthe form shown, which may not be novel, or of any other known orequivalent form; and it willbe observed that the improvement may as wellbe applied to T-hinges, strap-hinges, and hinges and butts of otherkinds, as well as door-butts, to which the form of hinge herein shown isparticularly adapted. Having thus described my improvements andexplained a way in which the same may be constructed and used, thoughwithout attempting to explain all the forms or manners in which the samemay be constructed, I declare that what I claim is A hinge or buttconsisting of two leaves, each of which is composed of a'sheet of metalbent atits centralline to form an .eye or loop, the edges of said sheetbeing flush with each other. bushings held in the eyes or loops of saidleaves, and a pintle uniting the eyes or loops of the two leaves,substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of December, A. D.1890.

JAMES H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

R. P. ELLIOTT, B. A. PEASE.

